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Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Myrtleville's €1.4m contemporary home Stella Maris is stellar indeed
ARCHITECT-designed to visually conceal its size and scale, and also to make it look like it might have been an older dwelling which grew over time, Stella Maris is, as the name suggests, a star property by the sea. Vista beyond The contemporary build, in a 'broken plan' in two linked sections, is up on a height above Myrtleville, just outside the mouth of Cork harbour, with a sweep of panoramic views of land, sea, and of mushrooming homes in the cleft running down to the beach between Pine Lodge and the former Bunny's at Myrtleville, and also straight out to sea. It was built in 2008 by a couple with a young family, coming back to Cork from a decade of living in the UK, lured by the appeal of a life by the sea, with all-essential ocean vista, yet near schools and services. It's quite likely the next occupants of Stella Maris ('Star of the Sea') will be similar: They'll prize the setting, the views, the proximity to beaches, the many access points from inside to outdoors, the contemporary design, and the standard of finish. The only question is will they come from the UK, from elsewhere overseas, from up country, Cork City, or be traders up from Crosshaven? All will be revealed in the coming weeks, as Stella Maris arrives for sale and for summer 2025 viewings. Stella Maris is listed with a €1.4m AMV, with agents Stuart O'Grady and Ann O'Mahony, of Sherry FitzGerald, who describe the layout as a bit unconventional, but dictated by the site and the chance to grasp the most of the elevated coastal vistas beyond. It's one of a handful of homes in the wider Crosshaven district launched at €1m+, coming on the back of a real rise in values and prices paid for better stock out this neck of the wood, with those all-important water vistas. Back three years ago, Sherry FitzGerald got €1.275m for a contemporary home near here, called Nirvana. Now, they have good early interest in a recent, substantial Crosshaven bungalow listing, called Winfield, guiding at €1.3m (it featured here within the last month) and have just gone 'sale agreed' on a former rectory-style, 1,700 sq ft period home at Fennell's Bay, called Fairview, for €836,000, or above its €730,000 AMV or guide price. Today's Stella Maris replaces an older, previous dormer dwelling on this plot, demolished to make way for this for more substantial family home, with design by architect Peter Stacey, of RORSA. At the time, that RORSA practice was updating Cork County Council's Rural Design Guide, and hence had an idea on just how to get a home of scale in what otherwise might be seen as a prominent, elevated spot. The key was reducing the bulk by breaking up the building mass in to sections, in this case a two-storey, rear-bedroom wing with gable facing the road, linking via the central connecting hall to the wedge-shaped and angular family television room to a large, day-use main living, dining, and family room and kitchen, under a tall, monopitch roof, just recently redone in standing seam zinc. First floor terrace/balcony by main bedroom suite That (costly) zinc roof, unusually, can be appreciated from a height, as a roof terrace has been created on the mid-ship link section (pic, above), accessed from the first floor's main en-suite bedroom, and from a first-floor office/option further bedroom. Main bedroom's private en suite The principal bedroom is luxurious, with large private bathroom with double shower, plus deep bath for soaks by an internal window divide to the bedroom (with Venetian slatted blinds), and has water and shipping views when standing up, while a bespoke timber storage unit at the end of the bed conceals a pop-up television screen. Main bedroom There's a lovely sense of 'remove' to these upstairs rooms, almost luxurious and apartment-like in feel (an external staircase could make it almost self-contained). The balcony/terrace is a prime lookout spot, over the sloping roof line above Myrtleville's myriad and scattered house forms down to the sea and to Bunny's above the western shoreline (soon to revert to private-house use, after decades in the hospitality sector.) Stand up, and you see all, sit down, and you are a lot more sheltered from the wind. In the two-storey rear section are three bedrooms, one of them en suite, and all have glazed door access to the front garden/patio, and all have a water view/glimpse. There's also patio access from the mid-section family/television room, via a large sliding door in a largely-glazed end wall, with a further large slider in the ground-floor lounge/home office/gym/play room off the kitchen at the eastern end of this c 60' long front section. Family living area has patio access This front kitchen/dining/living wing has the best of the views from inside, with an extensively glazed front façade, with slider in the step-down family section at the western end. There's a pair of sliders in the more fully glazed dining mid-section, and a tall, fixed window just on the entry point to the multi-use end room. The kitchen, unsurprisingly, is high-end, with a bank of ovens and integrated coffee maker in pale or baby blue-faced units, topped with dark granite, from long-established French company Schmidt, who had strong Munster sales in the 2000s, with a hub in a peninsula/breakfast bar/room divide section. Flooring is pale or light oak, in wide plank boards and other internal joinery, is oak also, keeping an overall low-key aesthetic, allowing art and feature lighting to shine. The main family living space moves the feel of this already airy space from double aspect to triple aspect, down three steps from the dining/kitchen, with green plant screen 'baluster' divide, and with a large wood-burning stove in the gable, and has sliding patio door access to a sandstone patio. There are several sit-out/patio options, for different times of the day and sun tracking/wind shunning. Sherry FitzGerald's Ann O'Mahony and Stuart O'Grady say their downsizing vendor's family home has been very well-maintained, since construction in 2008, and is bright, has views from just about every room, lots of storage and bedroom/day room options, with an abundance of space, on 0.4-acre site, within a walk of the beach at Myrtleville and close to services, shops, and schools at Crosshaven, within a commute of Cork and airport. VERDICT: The €1.4m price tag puts Stella Maris in a quite rarified price league (are there more €1m+ priced homes in the wider Cork market this year that ever before?), but as combined package is going to see competitive bidding to land it for the next, fortunate owners.
USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Antoine Winfield Jr. is still held in high regard by PFF ahead of 2025 season
Antoine Winfield Jr. is still held in high regard by PFF ahead of 2025 season The safety position has become one of the most valuable in the NFL despite the lack of depth coming into the NFL in recent draft classes. The league itself has done a tremendous job developing the players coming in, and as a result, the task of ranking the 32 best players at the position could be a more tedious than originally thought. PFF never backs down from a challenge though as they are taking up the task of ranking the 32 best safeties in the NFL. For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their fans, they do not have to read far down the list to find their favorite player, Antoine Winfield Jr. The All-Pro safety may be coming off an injury-riddled 2024 season, but he is still ranked respectfully at 4th overall by PFF. They explain the ranking, writing, "Despite the Buccaneers winning the NFC South, Tampa Bay's star safety had a season to forget. Winfield struggled with injuries and played a career-low 601 snaps. He missed 9% of his tackle attempts, which was his worst rate of the past three seasons. However, Winfield's career body of work keeps him in the top four ahead of 2025. He was the league's highest-graded safety in 2023 (90.7) and hadn't earned a PFF run-defense grade below 85.0 before 2024." Winfield Jr.'s career body of work speaks louder than the 2024 season's impact on him. As PFF points out, he has been a model of consistency over his career, which is why his missing so much time affected the Bucs' secondary so much. Getting him back and healthy in 2025 could be the difference between a deep playoff run and another early exit like they experienced in January.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
PFF Predicts Major Resurgence for Buccaneers All-Pro
PFF Predicts Major Resurgence for Buccaneers All-Pro originally appeared on Athlon Sports. When his career first started, safety Antoine Winfield Jr. quickly became one of the best players in the league for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Multiple Pro Bowls, and All-Pro nod, and a Super Bowl ring were just some of the accolades that the former Minnesota product earned. Advertisement If the first four seasons of his career were amogn the best for a safety during that span, the 2024 season was anything but. Winfield suffered multiple injuries that cost him eight games, and was ineffective in the games he did play due to his injury. He suffered through the worst season of his career. Instead of panicking, though, the Buccaneers have trust that the veteram will bounce back. Pro Football Focus agrees with their opinion. They listed Winfield as an easy bounce-back candidate for the 2025 season. 'Tampa Bay struggled to defend the middle of the field in 2024, due in part to injuries and a dip in production from star safety Antoine Winfield Jr", PFF said. "He posted a career-low 50.8 coverage grade and, for the first time in his career, failed to record an interception.' Advertisement Winfield's struggles were a key reason why the Buccaneers defense suffered through one of their worst years in recent memory. They had the worst pass defense, and struggled to get after the passer consistently. That can change if Winfield id at 100%. And if he can have a resurgence in 2025, the Buccaneers defense should get back to title contention realtively quickly. Related: Insider Reveals Buccaneers Top Remaining Offseason Priority Related: Buccaneers Rival Falcons Unintentionally Troll Themselves This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Orange Beach Marine Police on patrol Memorial Day weekend
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — For many, the perfect memorial day weekend all starts with a boat ride, but you don't want it to end with a ticket. Some Foley offices closing, service schedules changing for Memorial Day holiday 'A lot of times we found this to be a bigger weekend and 4th of July weekend,' Officer Caleb Winfield with the Orange Beach Police Department's Marine Division said. Memorial Day weekend is the official kickoff to summer here in Orange Beach and police said they're gearing up for the crowds. 'Everybody's looking for a good time and everybody's looking to get some of that sunshine and so we expect to be full throttle this weekend,' Officer Winfield said. It may look calm out on the water now, but that won't last long. 'Expect a lot of heavy traffic this weekend and a lot of people to be out as long as the weather's nice, which that's what the forecast is calling for,' Officer Winfield said. Police said one of the biggest issues they see on busy holiday weekends all starts with the person behind the wheel. 'Being unfamiliar with the area and the waterways coupled with all the restrictions, with the no wake boundaries and the no motor zones are really big problem,' Officer Winfield added. Officers also see many alcohol-related issues like boating under the influence and public intoxication. 'You know, the longer you're out here, the more you're under the sun and baking, the higher the effects can be on you,' Officer Winfield said. 'If you're out here and you're consuming alcoholic beverages, the importance of hydrating throughout the day with water and trying to keep that balance.' Recreational red snapper season begins along Alabama's gulf coast Their message to boaters is simple, follow the rules, have fun and enjoy a safe Memorial Day weekend. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
18-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
One Vikings defender makes PFF's All-Time team from past 25 years
One Vikings defender makes PFF's All-Time team from past 25 years One of the more underrated Minnesota Vikings of the past 25 years is receiving some love from Pro Football Focus for his exceptional play. Antoine Winfield, who played cornerback for the Vikings from 2004-12, was named to the All-PFF team, which is celebrating the best players in the league since 2000. His 94.5 career PFF grade ranked second among all cornerbacks. Other corners included on the list were Richard Sherman (94.8) and Hall of Famer Darrelle Revis (94.4). PFF takes note of his prowess in both the run and pass game. Despite standing 5-foot-9 and weighing 180 pounds, Winfield wasn't afraid to throw his body around to terrorize running backs in the backfield. Says PFF: Winfield's NFL career began in 1999, though even his seven remaining seasons in the PFF era yielded one of the best career marks of all time. He was among the 10 highest-graded players for his position in five out of seven years, and the top-graded player at his position three times between 2006 and when he retired in 2012. While Winfield owns a top-10 PFF coverage grade all time (92.3), where he's unique on this list of cornerbacks is that he also owns the best PFF run-defense grade (94.7) out of 355 qualifiers at the position since 2006. Winfield's 107 run defense stops are tied for the second most of all time among cornerbacks, while his 2.47-yard average depth of tackle against the run ranks as the best mark among 137 qualifiers since 2006. Although the defensive line gets most of the credit for the Vikings' having the league's best run defense every season from 2006-08, Winfield also played a role in that. He had several games where he single-handedly took over, including wins over the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints in 2008. Despite intercepting 27 passes, recovering 11 fumbles, and registering 7.5 sacks, Winfield only made three Pro Bowls during his 14-year career. He may have gotten more notoriety now with the ever-growing popularity of PFF. But it's good to see one of the most dependable Vikings of the past get the recognition he deserves for his stellar play.
